CALCULATING RESPONSE OF SILT CURTAIN

VIVEK SAMBANGI(12NA30023)
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INTRODUCTION

A silt curtain is either a permeable structure that sits suspended in the water column to
control migrating sediments.

Also known as a turbidity curtain or silt screen, the silt curtains function is to contain
disturbed sediment.
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This allows suspended sediment to settle and drop within the water column by
controlling dispersion.

A silt curtain provides the necessary environment and time for the suspended sediment
to settle to the bottom.
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Assumptions:

The silt is considered to be floating on the free surface

and deployed in shallow and relatively calm water.
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The silt curtain is considered as a porous medium.

Ballast of the silt is fixed to the bottom.

porous membrane
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Boundary conditions:

Free surface boundary condition:

from bernoulis equation:

at y = 0

porous membrane
Bottom boundary condition:

at y = -h
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Kinematic condition:
Y
at

Where is the horizontal displacement

x
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porous membrane

Dynamic condition:

where f(x,t) =
ms. = mass of the curtain
T = tensile force
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=

Body condition:

for porous curtain

Where k: wave number

G : porous coefficient
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The velocity potential is expanded using Eigen function expansion method

let

at x = 0
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Substituting velocity potential in dynamic equation

as the above condition is at free surface is function of y,t

and can be written as

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Substituting in

Finally from the dynamic condition

By solving from the above equation the response will be obtained.

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